Reply to: Festive Banfest?

[mudskipper]

But the whole point is trolls try to emulate believable behaviour, a good troll is hard to spot Or at least hard to be certain about.

I'm a bit sad we'll never get to hear about the results of the court case!

Well, if she wasn't a troll, I'm sure she'll sue CUK for defamation of character.

[d000hg]

An excerpt from one of the links I posted:


I'm not interested in their motives, just their behaviour. If it walks like a troll and quacks like a troll...

But the whole point is trolls try to emulate believable behaviour, a good troll is hard to spot Or at least hard to be certain about.

I'm a bit sad we'll never get to hear about the results of the court case!

[AtW]

So those also up for banning are:

• sasguru for the endless euro threads
• pjclarke for climate change agenda
• AtW for lunch threads
• AtW for SKA threads
• shaunbhoy for just about everything and for being a twat
• Suityou01 for constant bedwetting

I won't even mention Wilmslow & Gricerboy

It sure is going to be a quiet forum!

CUK will never ban for retrospective offences

[MarillionFan]

Maybe you'd also like it reported on BBC?

What would the balanced version be?

[AtW]

How about instead of outright banning of users, the account is suspended and they have chance to make their case in a single posting, admin puts their case and then we have a poll to decide.

Maybe you'd also like it reported on BBC?

[fullyautomatix]

He repeatedly tagged MF's posts with words that we could not permit to remain prominent in the Tag Cloud. It took me quite a while to clear it all up, which had to be done as a matter of urgency to protect the site. Freamon broke rule one of any forum - do not piss off a moderator. They are quick to anger and not all that subtle.

It is temporary, it expires Tuesday. However, I apologise for not announcing it earlier. I've been very busy - the play I've been directing for the past four months had it's performances over this past week. Last night is tonight.

A troll of the Denny style.

Heck, I thought I had it pegged that it was SuitYou using his sockies to tag MF.

[EternalOptimist]

So those also up for banning are:

• sasguru for the endless euro threads
• pjclarke for climate change agenda
• AtW for lunch threads
• AtW for SKA threads
• shaunbhoy for just about everything and for being a twat
• Suityou01 for constant bedwetting

I won't even mention Wilmslow & Gricerboy

It sure is going to be a quiet forum!

It's a question of scale innit. Everyone has their moments, but the eejits who take it to extremes and wont let it go can become a problem

[Troll]

the essential behavior of a troll is persistant and/or repeated posting of subjects or content, often becoming controversial. Their posts result in debates or arguments, or simply long and repeatative "threads", which ultimately become personal, off-topic, and negative. The goal or endpoint of most trolls is to get a lot of "chatter", or argumentive responses to their posts, or to get others to fight or argue. Consequently, the most effective way to stop their posts is DON'T RESPOND TO THEM

So those also up for banning are:

• sasguru for the endless euro threads
• pjclarke for climate change agenda
• AtW for lunch threads
• AtW for SKA threads
• shaunbhoy for just about everything and for being a twat
• Suityou01 for constant bedwetting

I won't even mention Wilmslow & Gricerboy

It sure is going to be a quiet forum!

[MarillionFan]

An excerpt from one of the links I posted:


I'm not interested in their motives, just their behaviour. If it walks like a troll and quacks like a troll...

It's probably AtW.

[cojak]

But how would you tell KC is a troll, not a fool?

An excerpt from one of the links I posted:

the essential behavior of a troll is persistant and/or repeated posting of subjects or content, often becoming controversial. Their posts result in debates or arguments, or simply long and repeatative "threads", which ultimately become personal, off-topic, and negative. The goal or endpoint of most trolls is to get a lot of "chatter", or argumentive responses to their posts, or to get others to fight or argue. Consequently, the most effective way to stop their posts is DON'T RESPOND TO THEM.

I'm not interested in their motives, just their behaviour. If it walks like a troll and quacks like a troll...

[cojak]

feck orrf!

[Troll]

True.

Except when I think they're a Troll.
trolls
Off-topic and rude newsgroup posts by trolls
The definitive guide to Trolls - Ubuntu Forums

feck orrf!

[NotAllThere]

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Freamon was also listed as banned and isn't he/she a long-time member, what happened there?

He repeatedly tagged MF's posts with words that we could not permit to remain prominent in the Tag Cloud. It took me quite a while to clear it all up, which had to be done as a matter of urgency to protect the site. Freamon broke rule one of any forum - do not piss off a moderator. They are quick to anger and not all that subtle.

It is temporary, it expires Tuesday. However, I apologise for not announcing it earlier. I've been very busy - the play I've been directing for the past four months had it's performances over this past week. Last night is tonight.

...
Who is KittyCat ?

A troll of the Denny style.

[MarillionFan]

That NickFitz eh? Always the quiet ones.

WHS

Who would have known that at the weekend Nick is a White haired real ale, coke sniffing tranvestite in a Gingham dress. Unbelievable.

[NickFitz]

That NickFitz eh? Always the quiet ones.

Busted!